TY - BOOK AU - Baker,Philippa AU - Cole,Emily TI - Architectural details: a visual guide to 5000 years of building styles SN - 1782401695 AV - NA2840 .A73 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Lewes PB - Ivy Press KW - Architecture KW - Details KW - History KW - fast N2 - Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? This book renders accessible, to students and non-students alike, the vast range of architectural terminology used to describe buildings. The chronological arrangement of the book allows the reader to place elements, forms, techniques and styles firmly within their context.0Beautifully engraved plates of great works of architectural history accompany the text to illustrate the architecture of civilisations from around the world and throughout history, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution ER -